Perth Voice Interactive

ONE of the Chook’s favourite short films of the year (and perhaps all-time), Verge Collection, has won Notre Dame film student Taylor Finch a major national award. 

Ms Finch took out the top student editor at the Australian Screen Editors’ annual Ellie Awards. 

The film explores the stories behind items that people discard on verges for ‘bring out your dead day’ (before valet systems kicked in) and in one memorable and serendipitous scene the filmmakers capture a family agonising over moving on their just-passed father’s couch. 

Ms Finch, who graduates next year with a bachelor of communication and media, said attending the Ellies in Sydney was a great networking experience. 

“I found it really valuable to hear from people in the industry who have done so well, who once had to navigate what I am going to have to navigate over the next few years,” she said of the experience.